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Katarina Bivald

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Katarina Bivald is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend and The Murders in Great Diddling.

She grew up working part-time in a bookshop and lives in Sweden outside Stockholm with her books and her dog.

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	The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald (Goodreads Author), Alice Menzies (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.56 avg rating — 45,825 ratings — published 2013 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murders in Great Diddling (Berit Gardner #1) 3.65 avg rating — 4,356 ratings — published 2024 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins 3.22 avg rating — 2,360 ratings — published 2018 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Another Dead Author (Berit Gardner #2) 3.66 avg rating — 843 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Livet, motorcyklar och andra omöjliga projekt 3.42 avg rating — 707 ratings — published 2015 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dödligt nyår på Teneriffa 3.22 avg rating — 101 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liket på Tallholmen (Berit Gardner, #4) 3.46 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Woman Who Wouldn't Die Quietly: A Novel 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea.”
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“Can you smell it? The scent of new books. Unread adventures. Friends you haven't met yet, hours of magical escapism awaiting you.”
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“People were strange like that. They could be completely uninterested in you, but the moment you picked up a book, you were the one being rude.”
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by Geraldine Brooks

9 votes, 37.5%

Margo's Got Money Troubles

by Rufi Thorpe

7 votes, 29.2%

We'll Prescribe You a Cat

by Syou Ishida

3 votes, 12.5%

Libby Lost and Found

by Stephanie Booth

2 votes, 8.3%

Bull Mountain

by Brian Panowich

1 vote, 4.2%

Girl, 11

by Amy Suiter Clarke

1 vote, 4.2%

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel

by Elyssa Friedland

1 vote, 4.2%

This Motherless Land

by Nikki May

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The Murders in Great Diddling

by Katarina Bivald

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The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean

by Susan Casey

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The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

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